One day a mime(ÑƾçÑÝÔ±) is visiting the zoo and tries to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper pulls him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo¡¯s most popular attraction, a gorilla(´óÐÉÐÉ), has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance(³öϯÈËÊý) at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.

The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He soon discovers he can sleep, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime ¡ª the job he likes but loses.

However, with days going by, he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(¸ôǽ), and dangles(Ðü¹Ò) from the top to the lion¡¯s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd.

At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction ¡ª well, this continues for some time. The crowds grow larger, and the mime¡¯s pay keeps going up.

Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slides and falls. The mime is terrified. He starts screaming ¡°Help me!¡±, but the lion is quick. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, ¡°Shut up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?¡±

1.The mime accepts the zookeeper¡¯s offer because __________.

A. he has been out of work

B. he doesn¡¯t like being a mime

C. he likes performing at the zoo

D. he is offered a higher pay there

2.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?

A. Hard and tiring. B. Dangerous but exciting.

C. Easy and funny. D. Boring but well-paid.

3.The mime¡¯s first contact with the lion is to __________.

A. find pleasure for himself B. get the lion¡¯s attention

C. get his pay raised D. win back his audience

4.The underlined words ¡°a fuel¡± in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.

A. frightening B. disappointing

C. exciting D. Familiar

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1. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn't done an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction(ÅÄÂô).

Buying for beginners: Sign up on www. ebay. co. uk. Most items (e. g. tables, computers, and books)ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with "Buy It Now" and have a fixed price. 2.

If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids(³ö¼Û)for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10-days and when they finish you get an email

telling you whether you have won the item.

3._: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card.

Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. 1 followed my friends' advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. 4.

The big things in life: It's easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymen. 5._

A. How to pay.

B. Pay exact money before buying.

C. You can buy these right away.

D. Make sure the item you want to buy.

E. Everyone's at it, even my neighbors.

F. Check the ways of delivery before you bid.

G. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.

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Choose Your One-Day-Tours!

Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge: including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -¡ê37 until 26 March and ¡ê39 thereafter.

Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.

Tour B - Oxford & Startford including entrance fees to the University St Mary's Church Tower and Anne Hathaway's -¡ê32 until 12 March and ¡ê36 thereafter

Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England's oldest university city and colleges. Look over the "city of dreaming spires(¼â¶¥£©"from St Mary¡¯s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.

Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -¡ê34 until 11 March and ¡ê37 thereafter.

Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL's favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(ÃÔ¹¬)where it is easy to get lost!

Tour D -Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -¡ê33 until 18 March and ¡ê37 thereafter.

Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.

1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England¡¯s oldest university city?

A. Tour A B. Tour B

C. Tour C D. Tour D

2. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?

A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court

B. Oxford & Stratford

C. Bath & Stonehenge

D. Cambridge

3. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?

A. It used to be the home of royal families

B. It used to be a well-known maze

C. It is the oldest palace in Britain

D. It is a world-famous castle

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We live in a fast-paced and anxiety-filled world that oftentimes seems to shift beneath our feet. Thus we are sometimes affected by fears or anxiety impacting our life. For as long as I could remember I had struggled with anxiety. After I left university, I made friends with a Moroccan woman at work. One day she invited me to her and her family back home. I wanted to, but I would have to travel there and I knew we would be in a very rural area. How would I cope with my ?

Then one day it to me that I had a life to live. I could choose to let anxiety me or I could go to Morocco and something different. I was 23 years old and had never been out of the UK alone. The journey to Morocco something inside me. I managed to cope with my anxiety. The sense of was overwhelming and still to this day when I get afraid of going somewhere alone, I remember how it felt when I arrived in Morocco.

Upon arrival I was so for the generous welcome I received. My friend¡¯s family had arranged a welcome party. The people were so loving toward me. As a moment of felt in a faraway village, this reminded me that I was ¡°good enough¡±, which helped to my anxiety.

Waking up the next day, in the morning light, I saw the area where we were. I was by how rural it was ¨C and the realization that these people had very few .

In the days afterwards, I traveled around Morocco. We went to Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains. We had the most amazing food ¨C lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

At the end of my something inside me had changed. I realized I had not felt anxious for nearly two weeks.

Experiencing a different culture far away from home helped me to realize what is important in life, what really , and with that my anxiety . When I returned home I was much more active in my anxiety. Working with people, helping them their anxiety, is how I can share the love I found in Morocco.

1.A. send B. consult C. call D. visit

2.A. alone B. soon C. free D. safe

3.A. work B. curiosity C. homesickness D. worries

4.A. appeared B. hit C. struck D. occurred

5.A. impress B. control C. reach D. persuade

6.A. enjoy B. experience C. take D. experiment

7.A. changed B. moved C. supported D. impressed

8.A. achievement B. fear C. disappointment D. embarrassment

9.A. good B. ashamed C. afraid D. proud

10.A. sorry B. confused C. confident D. thankful

11.A. doubt B. luck C. love D. surprise

12.A. improve B. hold C. protect D. reduce

13.A. inspired B. moved C. pleased D. shocked

14.A. lands B. difficulties C. resources D. friends

15.A. discovered B. explored C. examined D. recognized

16.A. opportunity B. rush C. stay D. life

17.A. rules B. exists C. matters D. hurts

18.A. disappeared B. expanded C. remained D. removed

19.A. expressing B. challenging C. forgetting D. remembering

20.A. drop B. notice C. pass D. overcome

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There are a lot of famous women of 1. (achieve) in the world. They all do 2. (good) in their work, such as Lin Qiaozhi, Jane Goodall and Song Qingling. There is no doubt that they are real heroines and worth 3. (praise). But in my opinion, all healthy humans have the ability to do that. It just depends on 4. you have the determination to do it and whether the situation is in your favor. But never before have I 5. (admire) a person so much as Helen Keller, who I just read about. She was a(n) 6. (luck) girl who could neither hear 7. see. I just can¡¯t imagine how she could be so successful. 8. I really don¡¯t believe is that a deaf-blind lady could become a world-famous writer. She must have met great difficulties and she must have made great efforts! If I were 9. (she), I wouldn¡¯t have the courage to live on. It is 10. her courage, imagination and intelligence that I was struck.

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The splendid aurora light displays that appear in Earth¡¯s atmosphere around the north and south magnetic(´ÅµÄ) poles were once mysterious phenomena. Now, scientists have data from satellites and ground-based observations from which we know that the aurora brilliance is a massive electrical discharge similar to that occurring in a neon sign.

To understand the cause of auroras, first picture the Earth enclosed by its magnetosphere(´Å²ã), a huge region created by the Earth¡¯s magnetic field. Outside the magnetosphere, rushing toward the earth is the solar wind, a speedily moving body of ionized(Àë×Ó»¯µÄ) gases with its own magnetic field. Charged particles(Á£×Ó) in this solar wind speed earthward along the solar wind¡¯s magnetic lines of force. The Earth¡¯s magnetosphere is a barrier to the solar winds, and forces the charged particles of the solar wind to flow around the magnetosphere itself. But in the polar regions, the magnetic lines of force of the Earth and of the solar wind gather together. Here many of the solar wind¡¯s charged particles break through the magnetosphere and enter Earth¡¯s magnetic field. They then rush back and forth between the Earth¡¯s magnetic poles very rapidly and ionize and excite the atoms of the upper atmosphere of the Earth, causing them to produce aurora radiations of visible light.

The colors of an aurora depend on the atoms producing them. The leading greenish-white light comes from low energy excitation of oxygen atoms. During huge magnetic storms oxygen atoms also undergo high energy excitation and produce pink light. Excited nitrogen(µª) atoms contribute bands of color varying from blue to violet. Viewed from outer space, auroras can be seen as dimly shining belts wrapped around each of the Earth¡¯s magnetic poles. Each aurora hangs like a curtain of light stretching over the polar regions and into the higher latitudes. When the solar flares(ÉÁ¹â) that result in magnetic storms and aurora activity are very strong, aurora displays may extend as far as the southern regions of the United States.

1.What is it that directly gives off aurora light?

A. The Earth¡¯s magnetic field.

B. The solar wind¡¯s magnetic field.

C. The Earth¡¯s ionized particles.

D. The solar wind¡¯s charged particles.

2.What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?

A. The appearance of auroras around the Earth¡¯s poles.

B. The periodic change in the display of auroras.

C. The factors that cause the variety of colors in auroras.

D. The covering area of auroras based on their colors.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The magnetosphere increases the speed of particles from the solar wind.

B. The color of greenish-white appears least frequently in an aurora display.

C. Earth¡¯s magnetic field contributes to the variety and difference of aurora¡¯s colors.

D. The strength of the solar flares has a positive effect on the extending distance of aurora.

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________ yourself with excellent students around you to find your weakness, and you will keep on making greater progress.

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Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasize (Ç¿µ÷) the importance of relationship building to a greater or less degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries ¡ª like the UK or France ¡ª people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

1.In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ________.

A. get to know each other

B. share the same culture

C. keep each other company

D. develop closer relations

2.The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that ________.

A. the English prefer to make long speeches

B. even talk and silence can be culturally different

C. too many words are of no use

D. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature

3.According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?

A. By recognizing different values.

B. By sharing different ways of life.

C. By accepting different habits.

D. By speaking each other¡¯s languages.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. How to Understand Each Other

B. Multicultural Environment

C. How to Build Up a Relationship

D. Cross-Cultural Differences

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Mary was an university student. She didn¡¯t have much money and her parents were not rich, but she had an uncle who had been luck enough to collect great wealth. He always gave her valuable Christmas and birthday present .When her uncle¡¯s birthday came round, Mary want to buy him something real special , but because he was so rich, she did not know how to get him. She went into the best shop in her town and explained that what her problem was to one of the helpful shop assistant. Finally she asked, ¡°What do you have for someone has already got everything he wants or needs?¡± The girl sighed deep and answered, ¡°Envy(¼É¶Ê), only envy.¡±

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